Quagmire Update

Remember all the links that were found between al Qaeda and Saddam? Remember how so many of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq? Remember how vital it was to invade Iraq so that we could interdict the terrorists in their training camps? Remember how the world stood beside us as we began the bombardment of Baghdad?

Me neither.

Yet we've lost over 1,000 fine young American soldiers and killed somewhere between 20,000 and 50,000 Iraqis - only some of whom could be classified as "insurgents." And every day the situation gets worse; closer and closer to where not even the most jaded (or conservative) among us can object to using the term "quagmire."

From this morning's Wall Street Journal (subscription):

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the Iraqi capital early Tuesday, as dozens were applying to join the force, killing at least 47 people and wounding nearly 114, officials said.

Separately in Baqouba, gunmen in two cars opened fire on a van carrying policemen home from work, killing 11 officers and a civilian, police and hospital officials said.

Also Tuesday, saboteurs blew up a junction where multiple oil pipelines cross the Tigris River in northern Iraq, setting off a chain reaction in electricity generating systems that left the entire country without power, officials said.

UPDATE:See also here and here.